Opening to the Heart of Mystical Glastonbury & Avebury

Itinerary

Saturday, September 16th Arrive in Glastonbury by foot, train, taxi, or bus!

Arrive in Glastonbury by public or private transportation from London Airports. Upon registration, we will guide you through the best and easiest way for you to get to Glastonbury. Plan to arrive at the London airport before noon this day and you will be able to join us by the evening.

This evening, we will relax and settle into our "home away from home", the Pilgrims B&B, located behind St John's Church in downtown Glastonbury.

We will gather together in the early evening for an informal dinner at a local restaurant of your choosing.

At Pilgrims B&B with our lovely hosts, Brian and Clare, we will enjoy delicious home-cooked breakfasts (vegetarian available and all diets catered for) each morning. You may truly make yourself at home in the guest lounge with sofas, an open fireplace, TV and small library. The beautiful gardens are always available, with a rock pool and garden seats scattered around for you to sit and relax with friends old or new, or quietly meditate.

Tucked away is the secret garden, great to sit and meditate or to process all you have learned on your pilgrimage in Glastonbury.

For hungry pilgrims, a guest fridge with drinks and chocolate is always available in the hallway.

Sunday, September 17th. Getting our Feet Under Us and the beautiful Chakra Garden

After traveling to Glastonbury on Saturday, we will begin our sacred journey with a delicious breakfast at our Pilgrims B&B before we walk around the beautiful town of Glastonbury and its environs, and begin to familiarize ourselves with the town, the landscape and its sacred sites. We will take a gentle walk around the base of the Glastonbury Tor and to Gog and Magog, two ancient oak trees. The Glastonbury Pilgrim Reception Centre says about Gog and Magog, "With the traditional and biblical names of giant beings – stand in one of the further reaches of the sacred Avalon landscape, where they are in a relationship of alignment with other aspects of the sacred landscape such as the nearby Tor, Chalice Hill, the Abbey and Wearyall Hill."

The spiral path at the Chakra Garden.

After lunch, we will then spend the afternoon at the lovely home and gardens of Celia Gunn and Anthony Thorley, who discovered the pilgrimage of the Milky Way across the Glastonbury Zodiac.

We will get to walk in the magnificent Chakra Garden, grown and cultivated for the past 7 years by Celia. We will be given a knowledgeable introduction and overview of the Glastonbury Zodiac by Anthony in preparation for our walks in the Glastonbury zodiac with John and Andreea later in our journey.

Monday, September 18th The Glastonbury Chakra Journey

There are so many different legends and special places in and around Glastonbury and we want you to experience all of them during your stay here. We are going to initiate our time in Glastonbury with a very special and unique way of experiencing the sacred sites located within Glastonbury - a walking journey of the chakra system.

We will spend our day walking and deeply experiencing the seven major sacred sites of Glastonbury, beginning at the Root Chakra at Wearyall Hill, "the site where Glastonbury truly began". From here, we will walk to the Magdalene Chapel (Sacral Chakra), Glastonbury Abbey (Solar Plexus), St John's Church (Heart), the Chalice Well (Throat), the Egg on Glastonbury Tor (Third Eye) and completing our journey at the Crown Chakra on the top of the Tor.

Our guide for this special journey is Tor Webster (Tor's Tour of the Tor), who for over 12 years has been living, studying and living deeply into these places. He will lead us in meditations to drop more deeply into the energies of these sacred sites, and help us to understand all that has been happening here throughout time.

After breakfast, Tor will give us a lovely tour including St Margaret's chapel – the original Mary Magdalene chapel – and to St Johns Church to uncover the well-hidden artifacts. After a brief lunch break we will proceed to the Abbey to find some proof of the early Christian knowledge, explore the Michael and Mary ley lines and the last resting place of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere. From here we will visit the Chalice Well gardens and the White Spring temple, lingering for time to connect with these healing places.

From there we will continue on to Glastonbury Tor. Here, among other things, we will visit the sacred standing stones, one being the Egg Stone, all part of the 3rd labyrinth. After this unusual site, we will find the tree portal to the underworld hidden in the magical faery woods at the bottom of the Tor.

We will finish the day with a good dinner and a restful night of sleep.

Tuesday, 19 September Walking the Mary Line

We will walk 10 or so miles from the village of Moorlinch into Glastonbury along the Mary Line as it weaves its way and serpentines though the Somerset Levels and the Avalon Marshes.

We will begin our walk in the village of Moorlinch and its church dedicated to St. Mary.

From the grounds of the church, we can see the Levels and in the far distance, Burrow Mump, another one of the many tors dedicated to St. Michael along the Michael Alignment.

Thorn Tree at Wearyall Hill

This is a beautiful walk through fields and fairy glens, farms and villages, woods and marshes, alongcountry lanes and public footpaths.As we near Glastonbury, we will visit Bride's Mound, the home of St. Brigid and her nunnery, and complete our walk at Wearyall Hill, strongly associated with the legends of Joseph of Arimathea and the Thorn Tree.

From Wearyall Hill and its vantage point, we can look back over the surrounding countryside from just outside of Glastonbury and see where we have walked and experienced the vitality of the earth’s energetic ley lines.

Diverging from the Mary Line by a few yards, we will stop for lunch at the Ring O' Bells freehouse pub in Ashcroft. Known for its award winning food and ales, we will enjoy a delicious Sunday lunch (vegetarian options available) to nourish us on a day long pilgrimage.

As we pause and take in the view of the Tor and the town of Glastonbury, we will breathe deep with the knowing that through our mini-pilgrimage, we have become aligned and connected with the power of these lands, and we will recognize the magic and the potency of the surrounding place.

When we enter Glastonbury, it will be with an embodied sense of aligning with the energies of the land and coming into a deep connection with the history, legends and mysteries of the Land of Avalon.

Wednesday, 20 September New Moon Walk

Thursday, 21 September ~ Day of Choices ~ Integration, Sessions/Readings, Rest, & Exploration on your own

Friday, 22 September Equinox Walk

John and Andreea will lead a walk across the Glastonbury Zodiac from the tail of the Scorpion to the bull's eye in Taurus. The walk takes us along a powerful energy line, which marks Katherine Maltwood's equinox line, which zodiac researcher Yuri Leitch has identified as part of powerful leyline (the Melkarth Line) stretching across the breadth of southern England, from Hartland Point in North Devon through the centre of the Glastonbury Zodiac, all the way to Canterbury Cathedral in Kent. So we will be walking a twelve mile stretch of this line through several key zodiac power centres.

This walk in nature, which takes us through beautiful landscape, carries a powerful medicine around the themes of gratitude and abundance. It is a journey of recognising one's own wealth of resources, re-claiming and taking ownership of them, learning to become a manifestor with the gifts each one of us has been given.

Saturday and Sunday, 23~24 September Walking the Mary Line

Monday and Tuesday, September 25th and 26th Avebury and West Kennet Long Barrow

After our last delicious breakfast at Pilgrims B&B, we will leave Glastonbury and drive to Avebury, the site of the largest Stone Circle on earth and many other sacred places.

Our guide in Avebury will be author and filmmaker, Peter Knight. Peter has an amazing knowledge and wisdom about the area, and will provide us both with an informative and very rich experience of the stones, and other sites.

"He has a relaxed manner, a good sense of humour and is very enthusiastic about his subject, making for entertaining and informative tours. His trips are a spiritual experience as he takes us into the living landscape of the Goddess.”

Silbury Hill, Avebury

We will stay for two nights at Dorwyn Manor, a lovely B&B less than half a mile from the stone circle at Avebury. Here we can stay in The Sanctuary Room, the Silbury Hill Room or The Henge Room, to name a few, and enjoy a full English breakfast.

Over our two days in this area, we will get to deeply experience the ancient mystery and magic of the sites. Silbury Hill is often considered to be the belly of the Mother.

Our tour will include the main henge at Avebury, connecting with the ancient spirit stones, a special meditation under the amazing beech trees, and megalithic Silbury Hill. A truly magical day, yielding many surprises even to regular Avebury visitors, including St Michael Line energies dowsed through the landscape. We will have lunch at the famous Barge Inn (center for crop circles in the area) and keep ourselves posted for any recent crop circles, which we will certainly visit if they are around.

In the early evening, we will go to West Kennet Long Barrow for a very special ceremony, a private gathering to honour our ancestors. It will be a magical, profound early evening event at West Kennet Long Barrow, a 5,600 year-old chambered mound. Peter will do a short tour of the site, based on his book, and then we will witness the sunset, and go into the chambers. We will chant, do some gentle drumming, and have a meditation to link with the ancestors. After this wonderful day, we will return to our Glastonbury beds for a good night’s sleep.

Thursday, September 1st Day of Choices ~ St. John's Labyrinth, New Moon Meditation Gathering

Preparation for the Glastonbury Tor Labyrinth Pilgrimage with John Wadsworth & Andreea Bradu

In the morning we will gather with John and Andreea at St. John's church, on the High street and begin with an opening ceremony there, walking the labyrinth in the church yard during the solar eclipse. They will also give a talk about Glastonbury Tor and its labyrinth while we are there. This is open to all of us, whether or not you choose to walk the Tor Labyrinth on Friday.

We have also been invited to join John and Andreea in their yurt in Butleigh in the evening, 7pm, for a New Moon Meditation Gathering. This is optional.

The rest of the day is a free day for you to explore any part of Glastonbury on your own, to take all the time you want for meditation at whichever sites you have been drawn to. Arise whenever you please, have a leisurely breakfast and spend the day enjoying this magical place. Also, it will be the perfect opportunity to shop in the wonderful book stores and gift shops, for goddess clothing and many other unique and beautiful things.

Friday September 2nd Option to Walk the Labyrinth on Glastonbury Tor

You will have the option of taking this day to spend on your own, or coming with us for a Labyrinth Walk on Glastonbury Tor, led by our wonderful guides, John Wadsworth and Andree Bradu. On the Glastonbury Tor is a spiraling labyrinth which encircles the hill from base to peak.

“Ancient myths tell that pilgrims to the sacred island of Avalon would moor their boats upon the shore and, entering the great landscape labyrinth, begin a long ascent to the hilltop shrine. By following the winding labyrinth, they gained a deep attunement with the Tor’s terrestrial energies.” ~ Martin Grey.

John and Andreea will guide us along the way, a total of 8 hours of meditative walking and contemplation. The path is not easy to discern on your own these days. With their guidance, we will be able to stop along the way at the 7 chakra points for meditation and rest. They will a;sp bring certain ritual aspects to the walk, including working with sound, the chakras, the masculine / feminine polarity, astrology and the four elements.

Since this is an optional event, it is not included in the cost of the trip and will be an extra £85. (Cost of the Tor Labyrinth Walk is included for those who registered and participated in the 5-Day Walking Glastonbury.)

Wednesday, September 7th Departure Day

For those who are departing this day, taxi rides will be arranged for you to take you to the Penzance Train Station or the Newquay Airport, located 42 miles away, to assist you on your travels or wherever you may be going next!

For those who are staying on to walk the Paths of Penwith, after we wsay our good-bye's, we will head out to Lelant on the north coast where will we begin our 12 mile "Cornish Camino" across the most narrow width of Cornwall with St Michael's Mount as our destination!